Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-19

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! The CONNIE Club Of Chicago. com
| posed Of sixty wealthy citizens, has Of
/ fen ed the government a tract OF Lard con-
! tanning little more than 500 scr es, 10 be
/ used 'Jr military purposes The land is
! SITUATED twenty-five miles north OF
( Chicago, and the location is said to be an
! adm rable one for soldiers. The New
/ YorS Bersld makes the offer OF this land
TO the government the subject Of a sensa
tlonal article. II the herald's view is
The r'ghr one the rich me- OF Chicago are
a rad of the Anarc hists, and we no
confidence either in the STATE militia or
the police. Their purpose IN gc,ting the
government to accept the land is to secure
the presence of troops there, who Will be
always close at hand if the Anarchists
should take notion to put their peculiar
doctrines into practice.
TIE git to the government is tacitly
understood 10 he acc ompani' d by cOndi-
ton thai barracks shall be erected on the
land, and mat troops shall be quartered
there. Tue hint is throw n out that a stay
in the exc ution Of the sentence AGAINST
The Anarchists who were condemned 10
death at Chicago Tor throwing bonn bs a d
firing pistols at the police was granted,
in order thai time might be siven Tor the
government to accept the Commercial
Cubs gift.
While there may not be any tOunda-
ton 10 this statement it will hardly be
denied that it is rather curious that there
should be a movement to give valuable
lands to the government when The gov
eminent is fully able to pay tor all the
land it wants. The proposed gilt is
worth something like a half million of
dollars, and is every day growing more
valuable. No real estate speculate n.
how yer, can be intended, because the
club, as far as asceTtained, does not own
any OF The lands IN the vicinity OF the
tract. 1t may be, therefore, that the
people of Chicago are scared. and that
what they are aiming at is protection
against probable danger. The Anarchists
are strong there and they have recently
displayed very bitter spirit. The day
may not be distant when the police and
ale militia will not afford the city
adequate defense.
The resolution giving the government
the land has been before Congress some
time, but it is only within the last day or
two that 1t has attracted atten-
ton, because its purpose was not
apparent. The Secretary OF War approves
It, and the other Cabinet officers think
the gift ought to be accepted. Tnpy go
even further than that and express the
opinion that Congress ought to apprO-
pirate the money at once necessary to
prepare 1T for The accommodation OF SOL
dlCrs. The resolution has passed one
house, and there is good reason for think
Ing that it will pass the other without de-
lay.
1t is asserted that the Chicago men who
are engineering the matter want the
troops on hand when the i've bomb throw
ers are hung, so that the Anarchists will
be awed into good behavior by the pres
ence OF a power stronger than that which
they possess.
Inc Chicago Anarchists are bold and
aggres sive. They are more DANGEROUS
than those OF other cities, because their
numbers are greater and because the
utterly reckless element among them is
larger. Ii they feel tat they can excite
riOtOus ~monstrations with comparative
safety on the occasion of the execution of
those OF their number who are condemned
to death, such demonstrations may be
looked for. The rlc1 men OF Chicago may
he doing a wise thing In preparing To-
check lawl-ssness and violence.